Opinion

I almost took lending a job with another bank back in 1996. It was a smaller bank (they all are, so that doesn't narrow it down much for you) and I was willing to take on that risk if they were willing to pay me adequately for it.

Recently there was a road crew out doing some repairs on a busy secondary road. They had flag people out, all the required signs and every person on the road crew was brightly coloured. Should be safe, right? Wrong, so very wrong.

Today is World Environment Day but the word "environment," never mind the real thing, has been contaminated so bad that it's unrecognizable. Take a moment.

One of the Delphic maxims is the statement: "Know thyself." Knowing ourselves allows us to better navigate the world around us. Knowing ourselves helps us with interpersonal interactions.

In my sales courses that I took during my career, the theme of "go with the facts" was stressed.

Every now and then you gotta go back to the pop princess to get energized. Taylor Swift's Bad Blood tells a good Sin City-esque story of betrayal while slamming the audience with cameos that will please a wide range of fans.

Hire a new coach, trade for some new players, heck, get a new team owner. That's what happens in hockey and sports. For fans, that's an expected part of the game. Changing the team logo? Hold your horses, cowboy. Not so fast.

Yesterday's happenings at the Truth and Reconciliation gathering in Rideau Hall must be considered a watershed moment in Canadian history.

If America's great shame is slavery, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report painfully laid out Canada's great shame Tuesday. Canada and Canadians are guilty of genocide against its aboriginal population.

I would like to comment on the published letter by Gail Faris who believes the out-of-town driver would have slowed down if given a warning by the RCMP instead of having her car impounded.